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Back from Thailand

Thank you for praying for my trip to Thailand. I’m sitting in the airport in Dallas, waiting to board my final flight, back to Kansas City. The biennial (every two years) Bible translation conference was extremely fruitful. The conference lasted four days, with daily worship (in multiple languages), devotions and plenary sessions, followed by fullContinue reading “Back from Thailand”

Visiting Slavonski Brod: Croatia summer outreach, #5

Thank you for your faithful prayers. As I write this, we are at the Zagreb, Croatia, airport, waiting to board our flights home (via Frankfurt, Germany, and Chicago). We’ve spent the last few days in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, the city where we used to live. We visited with friends and missionary colleagues here, including supperContinue reading “Visiting Slavonski Brod: Croatia summer outreach, #5”

Touring, preaching, visiting: Croatia summer outreach, #4

Thank you for your continued prayers. On Friday, we took the summer team members by train to Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia. It was relaxing to see the cathedrals from the outside, enjoy good pizza, coffee, and ice cream, and buy souvenirs. The following morning, on Saturday, we took them to the airport forContinue reading “Touring, preaching, visiting: Croatia summer outreach, #4”

Tween/Teen camp: Croatia summer outreach, #3

Thank you for your prayers. Today we held the second day of our tween/teen camp. In the picture above, the kids are listening to and reading Luke 7:1-10 in their Ludari language, which for me was the greatest highlight of the camp. Our summer teamers played with the kids, interacted with them over lunch andContinue reading “Tween/Teen camp: Croatia summer outreach, #3”

Croatia summer outreach, #2

Thank you for your continued prayers. Yesterday evening, we finished the third and last day of our Vacation Bible School. The weather was so hot here that we moved our club to later in the evening, but even so, there were fewer kids in attendance. However, the kids who were there did a great jobContinue reading “Croatia summer outreach, #2”

Travel challenges

We were supposed to leave Kansas City on Wednesday morning to connect in Chicago, and then Munich, Germany, and then go on to Zagreb, Croatia. But due to bad weather,  the KC flight was delayed, so we missed the connection in Chicago. A very long story short, we couldn’t get flights, so we had toContinue reading “Travel challenges”

Prayer requests for restarting translation in two languages; progress on Matthew’s house

Bible translation conference in Durres, Albania In this update, we have several answers to prayer and prayer requests. Thank you for being there for us and joining us in praising and praying. Thank you for thanking God with us for the answers and for lifting up the ongoing needs. Enjoy the pictures below. Gratefully, ToddContinue reading “Prayer requests for restarting translation in two languages; progress on Matthew’s house”

37 years ago today, our lives were changed

Our engagement picture in 1988 We met thirty-seven years ago today! We were freshmen at Calvary Bible College and met at an evening church service. And as they say, the rest is history! After 35 1/2 years of marriage, seven children, five countries, and 32 years of ministry later, we praise God for his lovingkindnessContinue reading “37 years ago today, our lives were changed”

Our daily prayer calendar for July 2024

To download this prayer list formatted for printing out, click “download” below: July 1 Pray we will be a blessing to our Roma Bible translators as we visit them in Vukovar, Croatia, today July 2 Pray for spiritual growth for the Baptist Church in Slavonski Brod, Croatia & for the salvation of more people inContinue reading “Our daily prayer calendar for July 2024”

Update on Pam’s mom & preparations for Croatia

Thank you for your prayers for Pam’s mom, Barbie Hughes. She has enjoyed special times with all four of her children (pictured above) eating blueberry pie (!) and singing hymns and spiritual songs together (in harmony!) Barbie’s kidney and liver function numbers are moving in the right direction and we are praising God that sheContinue reading “Update on Pam’s mom & preparations for Croatia”